| A | B |
| F1 | Help |
| CTRL+ESC | Open Start menu |
| ALT+TAB | Switch between open programs |
| ALT+F4 | Quit program |
| SHIFT+DELETE | Delete item permanently |
| Windows Logo+L | Lock the computer (without using CTRL+ALT+DELETE) |
| CTRL+C | Copy |
| CTRL+X | Cut |
| CTRL+V | Paste |
| CTRL+Z | Undo |
| CTRL+B | Bold |
| CTRL+U | Underline |
| CTRL+I | Italic |
| F10 | Activates menu bar options |
| SHIFT+F10 | Opens a shortcut menu for the selected item (this is the same as right-clicking an object |
| CTRL+ESC | Opens the Start menu (use the ARROW keys to select an item) |
| CTRL+ESC or ESC | Selects the Start button (press TAB to select the taskbar) |
| CTRL+SHIFT+ESC | Opens Windows Task Manager |
| ALT+DOWN ARROW | Opens a drop-down list box |
| ALT+TAB | Switch to another running program (hold down the ALT key and then press the TAB key to view the task-switching window) |
| SHIFT | Press and hold down the SHIFT key while you insert a CD-ROM to bypass the automatic-run feature |
| ALT+SPACE | Displays the main window's System menu (from the System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the window)stem menu (from the System menu) |
| ALT+-(ALT+hyphen) | Displays the Multiple Document Interface (MDI) child window's System menu (from the MDI child window's System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the child window) |
| CTRL+TAB | Switch to the next child window of a Multiple Document Interface (MDI) program |
| ALT+underlined letter in menu | Opens the menu |
| ALT+F4 | Closes the current window |
| CTRL+F4 | Closes the current Multiple Document Interface (MDI) window |
| ALT+F6 | Switch between multiple windows in the same program |
| F3 | Find all files |
| CTRL+P | Print |